Disable Vista’s Balloon Tips
Are you getting tired of Vista?s balloon tips popping up all the time. They can be informative and they can be turned off if you like, here?s how.
For Vista Business and Ultimate:
Click Start then type ?gpedit.msc? in the search box and press enter to launch the Group Policy Editor.
Under Administrative Templates, click Start Menu and [...]
Adding Additional Clocks To Your System Tray
A new feature in Vista is the ability to add 2 more clocks to the system tray area and view the calendar. It?s a great feature for travelers or people who need to communicate with others in different time zones, now you’ll be able to tell if you?re going to wake up someone when you [...]
Changing Vista’s Appearance Settings
Are you tired of the default look of Vista’s colors and appearance, well lets dive in and make some changes.
Right click an empty area on your desktop and choose Personalize.
Click Windows Color and Appearance.
Using Flip 3D
If you’re a long time windows user you know the usefulness of Alt-Tab to switch between open applications. Vista users get an upgrade when using the Aero interface called Flip 3D. Press the Windows key+Tab to scroll thru a revolving set of windows so you can see what you’re switching to, let go of the [...]
Add tags to your Pictures in Vista
One of the cool new features in Vista is the ability to add tags to your pictures. Tags are description you can add to pictures to make them easier to organize and search. If you’re like me I have thousands of pictures of my kids, vacations, and family members and life in general if you [...]
Viewing the Status Bar in Windows Explorer
To see the number of files in a folder and amount of disk space thats left in the bottom of a Windows Explorer window you have to turn on the Status bar (its off by default) here’s how.
First make sure you have Menus turned on in Windows Explorer. If you see File Edit View Tools [...]
Changing Vista’s start menu back to Classic style
If you don’t like Vista’s new Start Menu, you can easily change it back to the Classic menu, like the one in Windows 2000 Just right click the Start button, click Properties and choose Classic Start Menu. But with this option you won’t get the Search box.
